venturesome
adjective
having or showing a disposition to undertake risky or dangerous activities; daring.
venturesomeness
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a word derived from
venturesome.
Example Sentences
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As part of the recent rethink, psychologists have introduced a new factor: boldness, which they define as a mix of social dominance, emotional resiliency and venturesomeness.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 24, 2023
Phil were to find a way to digitize a little of that kind of venturesomeness, Sound/Stage could become Game/Change.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2020
He was brother to all whose strivings in countless communities, whose eagerness, adaptability, energy, venturesomeness and common sense give the stamp of the American character.
From Time Magazine Archive
But the question remains: Can Omnibus maintain the courage of past conceits, the venturesomeness of past successes, the educational luxury of such occasional failures as its go-minute The Iliad, without special subsidy?
From Time Magazine Archive
She was making a first voyage of discovery in her husband's deepest mind, and she was astonished at her own venturesomeness.
From The History of David Grieve by Mrs. Humphry Ward
